Perfection Quotes

I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.

Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object.

Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.

The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.

But you see when I play a game of Bobby, there is no style. Bobby played perfectly. And perfection has no style.

The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable and unselfish lying.

The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but every day, you get closer to perfection.

But we do now receive a certain portion of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for incorruption, being little by little accustomed to receive and bear God

The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection.

A man can do his best only by confidently seeking (and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.

Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.

Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.

Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.

The closest you can get to perfection is constant improvement.

False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

The renunciation of doing harm is the perfection of discipline

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

To strive for perfection is to kill love because perfection does not recognize humanity.

Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being.

The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for it by the insensitive.

Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time.

A lot of disappointed people have been left standing on the street corner waiting for the bus marked Perfection.

Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.

Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

I have a belief that life isn't about balance, because balance is perfection Rather, it's about catching the ball before it hits the floor.

Allow yourself the freedom to step away from perfection because it is only then that you can find success.

Perfection is not a destination; it's a never-ending process...Enjoy!

I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.

Life is a moving, breathing thing. We have to be willing to constantly evolve. Perfection is constant transformation.

The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes.

All the goodness, beauty, and perfection of a human being belong to the one who knows how to recognize these qualities.

Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.

Ease up on yourselves. Have some compassion for yourself as well as for others. There's no such thing as perfection, and life is not a race.

Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap.

If a life can be ruined in a single moment, a moment of betrayal, or violence, or ill luck, then why can a life not also be saved, be worth living, be made, by just a few pure moments of perfection?

When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins.

Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.

Perfection is lots of little things done well.

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.

Style is the perfection of a point of view.